An exhaustive and authoritative investigation into the Christadelphians with links from their own sources as well as insights from former members. Complete examination of their history, organisation, theology, practices, and the challenges they face.

Christadelphian Sites

General Sites

This site is maintained by someone from one of the very small breakaway Christadelphian
groups. It is a good resource site for anyone wanting to research the historical
basis of the community and has a huge amount of historical writings that are unmodified.

Huge numbers of Christadelphians have difficulty finding partners, much being due
to rules about only marrying in the faith and large distances between congregations
sometimes. This site offers a service for Christadelphians and also clarifies
for those outside normal Christadelphian views.

Worth a read by anyone wanting to consider how the Christadelphian community may
evolve. Written by Duncan Heaster who has been instrumental in growth of the
movement in Eastern Europe and who has been controversial in the community being
supported by some elements and considered out of fellowship by others.

The Christadelphians have their own view on the nature of Christ which historically has included the belief that Jesus died not just for everyone else as a Saviour but he had to die in order to save himself too. This isn’t found anywhere in the Bible, but is a necessary consequence of their beliefs about the nature of man, human freewill and the belief that God’s Spirit is simply his power. Although the Trinity is dismissed as illogical, Christadelphian theology has its own particular theological difficulties. The emphasis is on Christ as a man who has to be exactly like us in nature else he would not have any association with human attempts to overcome sin. Since they don’t believe in the Holy Spirit indwelling, his sinlessness is hard to explain. The normal explanation is that he had the “word of God” or the words of the Bible in his mind and through will power he applied them to overcome every sinful thought, word and action. This has not always resonated with human experience and led to some re-evaluations by some members and what was called “the clean flesh” idea. Those who adopted it came to be called Renunciationists by the mainstream, although it is claimed in return that the early position was rigidified by Robert Roberts. This has always led to complex debates and what is meant by the use of certain words.

This is a website by those who would agree with many of the early questions raised by the dissenters, but who otherwise hold Christadelphian beliefs. Such positions do have sympathy from many in the main community, although interest in the nature of Christ and debate over it have largely declined.

Sites Focusing on Evolution/ Creation Issues

A site with detailed articles suggesting Christadelphians should embrace evolution
and have no reason to fear it would destroy their beliefs. This is not a mainstream
view, but is one increasingly being raised by a growing minority of Christadelphians.
Sometimes this does lead to disfellowshipping, although there is nothing specifically
in the statements of faith forbidding this belief.

A forum with detailed articles by Christadelphians who advocate that the community should embrace the theory of evolution. In doing so, they suggest a non literal rendering of Genesis and other parts of the Bible they see as in conflict with modern science. This is not so strange as it might seem once we appreciate the rationalistic origins of the community lie in the period known as the “Age of Enlightenment” and the role that has taken in formulating Christadelphian beliefs. This has resulted in the denial of many supernatural elements in the New Testament in particular. This cognitive bias explains to some degree their unique interpretations of the Bible and informs their view of the Holy Spirit, the devil and demons and is dealt with in our article on the supernatural.

A site written by a Christadelphian who suggests the community should adopt evolution
as God’s method of creation since the scientific evidence is overwhelming.
Promotes an altered view of Biblical inspiration and suggests that Genesis should
not be taken as a literal account of events. Suggests God has “two words,”
the Bible and the physical world we live in and the two cannot contradict each other.

Magazines

A high quality magazine principally devoted to interpreting modern events as fulfilling
Bible prophecy, leading to a European Federal State with a Roman Catholic agenda.
Anticipates historical Christadelphians scenarios of a Russian invasion of Israel
and the Return of Christ. Looks at esoteric meanings behind events, symbols
and architecture, both current and historic. Produces many videos also on
this topic.

A magazine which focuses on people, preaching and situations as well as basic Christadelphian
theology. Used in a widespread manner overseas and connected to Carelinks
and the preaching efforts of Duncan Heaster.

Historically the main magazine of the community with the editor assuming an important
role of guidance. It is now one of many magazines, although in the UK in particular
news of baptisms and changes of circumstance are reported. It has moved to
a less contentious position today than historically marking the change of the community
from that of a reforming movement to that of an established denomination.

A high quality magazine principally devoted to interpreting modern events as fulfilling
Bible prophecy, leading to a European Federal State with a Roman Catholic agenda.
Anticipates historical Christadelphians scenarios of a Russian invasion of Israel
and the Return of Christ. Looks at esoteric meanings behind events, symbols
and architecture, both current and historic. Produces many videos also on
this topic.

A difficulty that many Christadelphians have faced is that there is little freedom
to discuss many aspects of doctrine and faith without facing the real possibility
of disfellowship. This magazine was produced by liberal Christadelphians originally
to enable that. It was seen as a threat several years ago, but as an agent
of change and open discussion has largely been supplanted by the internet.